Back tire touching licence plate!

Back tire no longer touching the plate.

That is, until a get a new plate!

So the score is now SV 2, licence plate and scotoiler 0. I'll be contacting R&G as the hanger is clearly badly designed. Maybe they will pay for the plate, but I doubt I can make them pay for the chip in my hugger

At least for the time being I am GATSO immune!

What happened?

Here's the email I sent to R&G,

Hello,

I bought one of your Suzuki SV650 Licence Plate hangers and fitted it according to the instructions. However, it seems that the angle of the licence plate is too vertical, resulting in the bottom of the licence plate being too close to the rear tire. After a week of riding, I noticed that the back of the hanger was being worn down by the back wheel when going over bumps. I resolved to take a look at maybe bending the hanger plate away from the tire to compensate, but last night I rode over a loose drainage cover (which result in a large bump) and the back wheel ripped the licence plate off completely. I therefore need a new licence plate (as it is completely broken in half) and I have chip in my painted hugger. I would therefore suggest that the angle of the hanger plate should not be 90 degrees to the mounting plate, as this places the licence plate too close to the back wheel.

I can supply photos via email if required. My bike is a 54 plate SV650. The suspension, preload, tire etc is totally factory stock. I am an average weight (80kg) and the bike was completely unloaded. I can also supply a witness statement from a police officer of the incident, as there he was travelling behind me and clearly saw the event.

Can you please respond if there have been any other similar incidents and whether you intend to compensate me for the licence plate and hugger. I can supply receipts for the purchase of these items if required.

Many thanks,

Originally Posted by Kate

What happened?

It was actually quite funny. John goes over bump, plate goes crunch and gets flinged up into the air. All very funny stuff, if you're the one that's watching.

Well they just rang me, so much for reading emails in a timely fashion. They reckon the plate should have had plenty of clearance so have asked me for some pictures. I'll post them up here too. They sounded sympathetic though, so maybe I'll get the cost of plate from them.

i had that happen with my ermax tail tidy, it bent like hell and almost cost me a new tyre